720 pages : 24 cm

The history of Western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the dramatic impact of CAD on architectural practice at the beginning of the 21st century

Previous edition: London : Watson-Guptill, 2000

Includes bibliographical references and index

Mesopotamia and Egypt -- The classical foundation: Greek, Hellenistic, Roman -- Early Christian and Byzantine -- Carolingian and Romanesque -- The Gothic experiment -- Renaissance harmony -- Baroque expansion -- Eighteenth-century classicism -- The Nineteenth century -- Art Nouveau -- The Twentieth century and beyond

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